Nosema ceranae has parasitized Africanized honey bees in Mexico since at least 2004

Journal of Apicultural Research

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-169

  Guzman Novoa, Ernesto ^a   Hamiduzzaman, Mollah Md ^a   Miguel E Arechavaleta Velasco, ^b   Koleoglu, Gün ^a   Valizadeh, Pegah ^a   Correa Benítez, Adriana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES FORESTALES   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Africanized bees; CCD; Mexico; Nosema ceranae; Nosemosis

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; NOSEMA; NOSEMA CERANAE;

EID: 79956069939     PISSN: 00218839     EISSN: 20786913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3896/IBRA.1.50.2.09     Document Type: Note

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